Winn Writes & Wrants

A visionary author, speaker and security veteran known for his engaging and unpredictable speaking style on information security and electronic privacy topics, Winn Schwartau has used his expertise to build corporate security awareness programs and provide consulting services to multinational organizations and governments. In 2006, Schwartau founded SCIPP International with the vision of raising and validating the security awareness of enterprise end-users on a worldwide scale.

Sometimes referred to as “the civilian architect of information warfare,” Schwartau has vast experience in the subject of information warfare and has written a number of books and contributing articles dedicated to this area. In 1994, he created InfowarCon, a world-renowned annual conference on critical infrastructure protection, cybersecurity and counter-terrorism.

Prior to starting SCIPP, Schwartau founded such companies as Trusted Learning Corporation, an online global educational system that permits any organization to rapidly open its own learning centers; Interpact, Inc., a developer of information security awareness programs for private, public and government organizations; and NiceKids.Net, Inc., a cyber-ethics Web site for kids, parents, families and teachers.

Schwartau has testified before Congress and advisory committees as an expert in information security and has appeared regularly on various U.S., European and Asian television shows, as well as hundreds of radio shows and dozens of documentaries nationwide.